In my previous company, to create floor tile and ceiling patterns are the most popular. But we can use it too in our drawing to reduce repetitive tasks. Do not click it yet, you will see the context menu to modify the hatch. Just click to select a hatch and move your pointer above blue dot that appears. Since AutoCAD 2011 we can modify a hatch using multifunctional grips. And the other benefit is it is easy to modify. Using hatch pattern is obviously faster than drawing lines manually in this case. In this example, I use the room center as the ceiling reference. You can move this origin point by using set origin button. When creating ceiling or floor tile pattern, we often need to use the room center or a specific point as reference. Very easy, right? The hatch originīy default, new hatch will use 0,0 of UCS coordinate as the origin. Now if you place the hatch, the ceiling pattern is created. Especially if you share it with your colleagues in the company.

If you have your own hatch, it’s a good idea to modify the hatch name and size to make it simpler. However, the patterns you downloaded above are already set to real measurement. You can use it just like any other pattern. When you activate the hatch command, you should see the new patterns are now on the list. If you work in imperial, you can use this: Ceiling Hatch Patterns (imperial).ĭownload the file, extract it and add it to your AutoCAD support folder.If you work in metric, you can use this: Ceiling Hatch Patterns (metric).If you want to try, we provided custom pattern that you can use if you want to try this tip. If you don’t know how to add it yet, you can read this article How to: add custom hatch pattern to AutoCAD. We covered how to add custom pattern to AutoCAD. Or you can download a custom hatch from internet and use it. You certainly can create your own AutoCAD hatch pattern, as explained by Ellen Finkelstein here. You might not find what you need in default hatch patterns. There is a problem if you want to use hatch in for this purpose. In this example, you can use it for creating ceiling pattern.

We can use hatches to create design patterns in your drawing. There is one more thing that you should consider to optimize, if you haven’t used it: Hatches. It reduces repetitive tasks and makes your drawing simpler. We talk so many times how AutoCAD block is very important to help you work more efficient.

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